IV. BRITISH BIRDS. 



Interest in the Ringing Scheme increases year by 

 year, and we have no hesitation in stating that the 

 results pubhshed in this volume alone are ample com- 

 pensation for all the labour expended. By means of 

 ringing we are gradually accumulating facts which, as 

 isolated facts, are perhaps of httle value and even in 

 some cases misleading, but when sufficiently numerous 

 to form a sure foundation, will be the means of solving 

 many problems at present obscure. 



The Editors. 



